Vol. VII No. 20
In Heaven with SEVEN and Seven Angels

All things that relate to number SEVEN

The number SEVEN has held special, symbolic and sacred significance in many cultures for thousands of years. This is an extensive compilation of every imaginable reference to seven in world religions, literature, cinematography, sports, geography, math, science, astronomy, language, architecture, travel, anatomy, as well as pop culture.

There are hundreds of Biblical connections to the number seven. The heavens and the earth were created in seven days (symbolic for thousands of years of creation). King Solomon built the Temple in Israel during a seven year period. It was dedicated to the glory of God in the seventh month and the festival lasted seven days. There are seven angels, seven stars to represent the seven churches of Asia and seven sabbatical years, seven years of famine, seven years of plenty, seven seals, seven ewe lambs, seven candles, seven sisters, seven spirits, seven stars, seven trumpets, seven vials, seven personages and seven new things. Seven symbolizes spiritual perfection. The number seven is used 735 times in the Bible. Christ’s last words numbered seven: "My God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

1. The great Pyramid of Giza which served as the tomb for Pharaoh Khufu
2. The hanging Gardens of Babylon at Euphrates River by King Nebuchadnezzar II
3. The statue of Zeus at Olympia carved by the great sculptor Pheidias
4. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus – the goddess of hunting and wild nature
5. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus – a tomb constructed for King Maussollos
6. The Colossus of Rhodes – erected to the Greek sun-god
7. The Lighthouse of Alexandria built by the Ptolemies on the island of Pharos

Seven Wonders of the Modern World

1. St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome
2. Eiffel Tower, Paris
3. The Statue of Liberty, New York City
4. The Panama Canal
5. Big Ben Clock Tower, London
6. Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
7. Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro

Seven Natural Wonders of the World

1. Mt. Everest
2. Victoria Falls
3. The Grand Canyon
4. The Great Barrier Reef
5. The Northern Lights
6. Paricutin – Volcán de Parictín, Mexico
7. The Harbor at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Seven Seas (Ancient): Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Black Sea and Caspian Sea.

Seven Oceans (Modern): Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, Northern Atlantic Ocean, Southern Atlantic Ocean, Northern Pacific Ocean and the Southern Pacific Ocean.

The crown on the Statue of Liberty has seven points. Each of these rays represents the light of freedom, seven seas and seven continents.

Seven Continents: Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. Historians have for centuries referred to seven continents by dividing Europe and Asia at the Ural Mountains in western Russia.

In “Seinfeld" episode named “The Seven” George Costanza (Jerry Seinfeld) revealed to his fiancé Susan Ross that he planned to name their first child Seven. "Seven Costanza?" Susan replied, "Are you serious?"
"Yeah. It's a beautiful name for a boy or a girl. Especially for a girl. ... Or a boy."
"I don't think so."
"What, you don't like the name?"
"It's not a name, it's a number."
"I know. It's Mickey Mantle's number. So not only is it an all-around beautiful name, it is also a living tribute."

Walt Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”: Doc, Happy, Bashful, Sneezy, Sleepy, Dopey and Grumpy. In Italian: “Biancaneve e I Sette Nani”: Dotto,  Gongolo, Mammolo, Eolo, Pisolo, Cucciolo e Brontolo.

Ask people to give you any number between one and ten and most will choose seven. Ask people to name their favorite number between one and ten and again most will say seven.

There’s the lucky seven dice roll. The biggest betting day in Las Vegas was 7 July 1977 : 7-7-77 because people love 7’s so much and believe they are lucky.

In almost every system of antiquity there are frequent references to the number seven.

The Pythagoreans called seven the perfect number, 3 (also represents the Holy Trinity) and 4, the triangle and the square, the perfect figures.

Seven glorious Tour de France wins for Lance Armstrong!

William Shakespeare's the Seven Ages of Man -
Shakespeare wrote in “As You Like It":
”All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.”

There were seven ancient planets. The sun was the greatest planet of the ancient seven and next to the sun, the moon, changing in all its splendor every seventh day.

It was on the seventeenth day of the seventh month Noah’s ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Seven is the number of sacraments in the Roman Catholic faith: baptism, reconciliation, Eucharist-communion, confirmation, marriage, holy orders and the blessing of someone who is dying.

The Arabians built seven Holy Temples.

In Persian mysteries there were seven spacious caverns through which the aspirants had to pass.

007 is the agent number for British spy James Bond.

Don Adams, brilliant comedic actor who starred in the cult classic “Get Smart” from 1965-1970 (Produced by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry) and was the voice for popular cartoons “Tennessee Tuxedo” and “Inspector Gadget”, had seven children. Adams was catapulted to fame for his lampooning of the 007 James Bond spy genre. During the 1965-1966 season, seven shows became hits, including “Get Smart” which was an overnight success and one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. “Get Smart” was shown in syndication reruns continuously for thirty years and is one of the most popular sitcoms of all time--voted 68th most watched of all t.v. shows. “I Love Lucy” is ranked first. Adams was born on 13 April 1927 and died on 25 September 2005. Visit the best Get Smart web site: http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/ Produced by Carl Birkmeyer.

In Yvonne Craig’s (Gorgeous and spectacular pop culture icon of the 60’s, the original Batgirl in the popular “Batman” series, leading lady with Elvis in “Kissin’ Cousins” and “It Happened at the World’s Fair”, Marta the Green Woman on “Star Trek”, leading lady with Bing Crosby in “High Time”… ) fascinating autobiography “From Ballet to the Batcave and Beyond”, she shares highlights of playing Janet Cook in “Seven Women from Hell” with Cesar Romero, John Kerr and Patricia Owens. The 1961 film produced by 20th Century Fox, was shot in Kauai. Coincidentally, the account begins on page 77. Yvonne also appeared in “77 Sunset Strip” with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.. In her entertaining book, Yvonne shares experiences both on and off screen with Elvis, Bill Bixby, Howard Hughes, Mort Sahl, James Coburn and many others. Visit the official Yvonne Craig web site to read more about the talented, dynamic and charming Yvonne Craig and her acting in 17 films and 150 television guest roles (“Love American Style”, “Courtship of Eddie’s Father”, “Six Million Dollar Man”, “Wild Wild West”, “It Takes a Thief”, “Mod Squad”, “McHale’s Navy”, “Starsky and Hutch”…: http://www.yvonnecraig.com/

The Goths had seven deities, as did the Romans, from whose names are derived our days of the week.

There are seven colors in the rainbow. A prism splits white light into seven colors: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.

Seven-sided Backgammon, played by King Alfonso X in the 13th century, involved seven people sitting around a large seven-sided game board. There are seven tablemen for each player and seven-sided dice were used.

Nanakusa in Japanese means "seven herbs." In Japan, there is a custom to eat nanakusa-gayu (seven herb rice porridge) on 7 January. These seven herbs are called "haru no nanakusa (seven herbs of spring)." It is said that these herbs will remove evil from the body and prevent illness. Also, people tend to eat and drink too much on New Year's Day, therefore it’s an ideal light and healthy meal with a lot of vitamins. There are also "aki no nanakusa (seven herbs of autumn)," but they are usually not eaten and used instead for decorations to celebrate the autumn equinox week or the full moon in September.

Japanese Proverbs Including Seven: "Nana-korobi Ya-oki" literally means, "seven falls, eight getting up." Life has its ups and downs, therefore it is an encouragement to keep going no matter how tough it is. "Shichiten-hakki" is one of the yoji-jukugo (four character kanji compounds) with the same meaning. 

The "Shichi-Fukujin," translated either as the "Seven Gods of Happiness" or "Seven Gods of Luck" are personifications of earthly happiness in Japanese folk religion. They are:

Hotei: the "fat" or "laughing" Buddha , who personifies mirth and merriment.
Bishamonten: the watchman
Fukurokuju: the god of longevity
Jurojin: the god of scholarship
Daikokud: the god of nutrition
Ebisue: the god of fishing
Benzaiten: the goddess of music. These seven gods are probably an expansion of earlier Chinese deities who fulfilled the same sorts of functions.

In Chinese culture, the number 7 also features rather prominently in some aspects of life. For example, the seventh day of the first moon of the lunar year is known as Human's Day. That day is considered the birthday of all human beings universally. This is why Chinese are deemed to be a year older on that day, regardless of what the actual date of birth is. But this is not to say that Chinese do not celebrate a birthday on the day of birth. Similarly, when someone dies, a special ceremony is held on the 49th day after death, that is, 7 x 7 days. It signifies the final parting.

Buddhists took from the Aryans of India, not from Egypt, their idea of seven stages of progressive development of the disembodied soul, allegorized by the seven stories and umbrellas, gradually diminishing towards the top on their pagodas.

Shivviti plaques, generally decorated with biblical verses forming a menorah, the seven-branch candelabrum, were used in the synagogue and in Hebrew homes. The statement by the Sages (Vayikra Rabbah 29:10) that “all sevens are precious” is derived from their understanding that seven is the primary cycle of time as revealed by God in the Torah. In days, weeks, months, years and millennia, the number seven appears as the principle cycle by which Jews mark the continual flow of time. The continual observance of Shabbat plugs believers into a Divine energy and pattern of time, the very model of creation relived on a weekly basis. There are two seven-week periods in the Jewish year — one prescribed by the Torah and one by the Sages. There are seven weeks in the period between Pesach — the redemption from Egypt — and Shavuot — the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. These seven weeks, or seven-times-seven (49) Omer period, serves to connect these two holidays.

"As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks, every sack had seven cats, every cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, wives--how many were going to St. Ives?" This fable dates to 1500 B.C. and is traced to an Egyptian scribe.

Gheorghe “Big Ghitza" Muresan, #77 of the Washington Bullets is 7’7” tall. Manute Bol formerly of Miami Heat is another player who stands 7’ 7” tall!

There are seven visible planets and luminaries (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn). Each one rules a day of the week (Sun=Sunday, Saturn= Saturday, Moon=Monday, etc.) and that is where the seven day week emanates.

In African-American hoodoo there are several formulas for anointing oil, soap and floor wash that use the number seven.

There are seven notes on a musical scale.

The Canon Wheel has seven-fold symmetric perfection with its corresponding representation in the form of the Menorah.

Robert Francis Kennedy was born on 20 November 1925, in Brookline, Massachusetts, the seventh child in the closely knit and competitive family of Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy. "I was the seventh of nine children," he later recalled, "and when you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive."
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Napoleon had seven siblings.

Mickey Mantle wore jersey #7 for the New York Yankees. Mantle helped the Yankees win seven World Championships.

Seven is the number of ayat in surat al-Fatiha .

Seven is the number of heavens in Islamic tradition.

The Seven Seas in ancient Rome which Pliny the Elder, Roman author and fleet commander wrote about-- “Seven Seas” which were lagoons and salt marshes on the Adriatic shore.

Seven is the number of spheres in the Ptolemaic system.

September was the seventh month in the ancient Roman calendar , as its name indicates. After the reform that led to the current order , the seventh month is July.

In Astrology, Libra is the 7th astrological sign of the Zodiac.

Seven is believed to be a lucky number in many Western cultures and in Japanese culture.

Septidi was the seventh day of the decade in the French Revolutionary Calendar.

Seven is referred to in bingo as 'Lucky Seven'.

“La Vita É Bella” (“Life Is Beautiful” filmed in 1997.) was written and produced by and starred in by Roberto Benigni. The film was awarded 3 Oscars in 1999 (Best leading actor, Best foreign language film and best music by Nicola Piovani) among 7 Oscar nominations, in addition to 49 (7x7) international awards.

Donna Netta Bottone, affectionately called “Mamma Netta”, is famous for the seven pastas she serves together as a sampler at her legendary Cumpà Cosimo Restaurant in Ravello, Italy.

Seven is the number of the Deadly Sins: lust, avarice, envy, pride, sloth, gluttony and anger.

There are seven terraces of Mount Purgatory, one per deadly sin.

Seven is the number of palms in an Egyptian Sacred Cubit.

The asteroid 7 Iris is named after the rainbow goddess Iris.

Seven is the number of basic principles of the Bushido.

Seven is the number of points on a sheriff's star – badge.

Seven is the average number of digits that can be stored in short-term memory.

Historical years are 7 B.C. , 7 A.D., and 1907.

At the age of seven St. Catherine of Siena felt a calling and made a vow to become a nun. Years later she impressed Pope Gregory XI with her letters and personal pleas so much that he returned his administration from Avignon to Rome in January of 1377.

In musi , the Roman numeral vii is the subtonic (bVII) or leading tone (VII) scale degree, chord, or diatonic function, when distinguished V = major and v = minor.

Seven is the name of an elite agency of photojournalists founded by seven leading photographers, including James Nachtwey and six others.

Seven is the number of digits in an American telephone number , excluding the area code. #7 corresponds to the letters P, R & S on the telephone pad in most countries.

“Seven” is the title of the film Seven (or Se7en), directed in 1995 by David Fincher and starring Morgan Freeman , Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey .

The album and song "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" by Iron Maiden , also based on a book "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" written by Orson Scott Card.

Celebrated Italian screenwriter, director and actor Federico Fellini won 7 Academy Awards for his popular films.

Costa Atlantica was christened as Costa Cruise’s 7th ship on 15 July 2000 in Venice, Italy.

"Seven" is the name of a song sung by David Bowie .

7 September 2005 was Google’s Seventh Birthday. During the past seven years, San Jose-based Google has become one of the biggest advertising agencies and the largest repository of information ever created. A special Birthday logo is created by Google for every 7 September celebration—this year’s with a 7 and seven pieces of cake.

Seven is the stage name of musician Keith Volpone

Seven is the number of "Zoomers" on the PBS children's show “Zoom ”.

Seven is the number of individual segments in one digit on a digital clock or calculator screen.

“Seven Pillars of Wisdom” is a book written by T. E. Lawrence .

“The Magnificent Seven ” was a movie made in 1960 starring Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen.

“The Secret Seven ” is a children’s adventure book by Enid Blyton.

Radisson operates “Seven Seas Navigator”, “Seven Seas Voyager” and “Seven Seas Mariner” cruise ships.

Seven is the number of days in the movie “ The Ring ” until you die. "You will die in 7 days."

Basketball teams can have up to seven substitutes, except in NBA three-game series where only five are allowed.

A popular book is “ Seven Years in Tibet ” by Heinrich Harrer. Brad Pitt starred in the movie version of “Seven Years in Tibet”.

There are several groupings of things called the Seven Sisters.

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (14 June 1811- 1 July 1896) authored “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and fought against slavery. Seven of her brothers were ministers. The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center is located at 77 Forest Street in Hartford, Connecticut.

“Seven Sisters” is a 1998 song album by pop singer Meja.

Seven is the crewmember, Seven of Nine, in the Star Trek universe.

The Seven Sisters are fictional characters of the “Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons” by Ed Greenwood. The seven sisters are seven immortal human women, all daughters of the goddess Mystra.

World Sevens Series in Rugby Union , including the Hong Kong Sevens the sport itself.

There’s a Seven Network in Australia

Crystalline structures can be categorized into seven crystal systems.

The bestselling book “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” was authored by Stephen Covey.

The Seven Sages of Greece : Solon, Chilon, Thales, Bias, Cleobulus, Pittacus and Periander.

Seven is the traditional count of Basque provinces as expressed in the slogan “Zazpiak Bat”.

Seven in rugby union is the open side flanker.

In baseball, seven represents the left fielder 's position.

The President of Italy serves a seven year term.

A popular drink, 7 and 7, is mixed using Seagram’s 7 Whiskey and 7-UP.

In all Microsoft Office programs, the F7 function key calls up the spelling and grammar checker.

In most Sonic the Hedgehog video games, seven is the number of Chaos Emeralds.

In Galician folklore, the seventh son will be a werewolf . In other folklores, after six daughters, the seventh child is to be a son and a werewolf. In other European folklores, the seventh son of a seventh son will be a vampire.

Sevens is a card game.

When rolling two standard six-sided dice, you are statistically more likely to roll a seven than any other number.

Seven is the sum of any two opposite sides on a standard six-sided die.

The “Chronicles of Narnia” are a seven-volume, Bible-based children's fantasy series
written in the 1950’s by British theologian C.S. Lewis.

In the Harry Potter series, seven is considered to be the most magically powerful number. There is a trunk with seven locks. Lord Voldemort is suspected to have split his soul into seven pieces.

Many Bungie games directly and indirectly reference the number seven often. For example, the UESC Marathon from the self-titled game series was built by hollowing out Deimos , a moon discovered in 1877 .

In the Inuyasha series, the Shichinintai are, as their name says, a band of seven mercenaries.

Antiquity numbered the planets as seven. In course of time these were transformed into seven deities. The Egyptians had seven original and higher gods; the Phœnicians seven kabiris; the Persians, seven sacred horses of Mithra; the Parsees, seven angels opposed by seven demons, and seven celestial abodes paralleled by seven lower regions. The whole heaven was subjected to the seven planets; hence, in nearly all the religious systems we find seven heavens.

In the mysterious worship of Mithra there were "seven gates," seven altars, seven mysteries. The priests of many Oriental nations were sub-divided into seven degrees; seven steps led to the altars and in the temples burnt candles in seven-branched candlesticks. Several of the Masonic Lodges have, to this day, seven and fourteen steps.

The seven planetary spheres served as a model for state divisions and organizations. China was divided into seven provinces; ancient Persia into seven satrapies. According to the Arabian legend seven angels cool the sun with ice and snow, lest it should burn the earth to cinders; and seven thousand angels wind up and set the sun in motion every morning. The two oldest rivers of the East--the Ganges and the Nile—each had seven mouths. The East had in the antiquity seven principal rivers (the Nile, the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Oxus, the Yaksart, the Arax and the Indus); seven famous treasures; seven cities full of gold; seven marvels of the world.

The number seven played a prominent part in the architecture of temples and palaces. The famous pagoda of Churingham is surrounded by seven square walls, painted in seven different colors and in the middle of each wall is a seven storied pyramid; just as in the antediluvian days the temple of Borsippa, now the Birs-Nimrud, had seven stages, symbolical of the seven concentric cycles of the seven spheres.

The Romans divided the week into seven days and held the seventh day as the most sacred, the Sol or Sunday of Jupiter and to which the Christian nations, especially the Protestants, make puja (the act of showing reverence to God) on this day.

Akira Kurosawa produced “The Seven Samurai ”, a powerful film made in 1954.

In the "Rámáyana" seven yards are mentioned in the residences of the Indian kings; and seven gates generally led to the famous temples and cities of old. The Holy Roman and Christian Empire has seven Kurfursts or electors. The Hungarians emigrated under the leadership of seven dukes and founded seven towns called Semigradyá (now Transylvania).

Rome was built on seven hills. The following is a partial list of 51 other cities which also can name the seven hills upon which their cities were built: Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia; Brussels, Rio de Janeiro, Prague, Nimes, France; Bamberg, Germany; Athens; Jerusalem, Israel; Siena, Italy; Amman, Jordan; Lisbon, Moscow, Dunedin, New Zealand; Bucharest, Romania; Pretoria, South Africa; Istanbul; Bristol, Cambridge, Durham and Sheffield in England; Edinburgh, Scotland; Providence, Rhode Island; Seattle, Washington; Worcester and Somerville Massachusetts; Rome, Georgia and Cincinnati, Ohio.

Constantinople had seven names: By-sance, Antonia, New Rome, the town of Constantine, The Separator of the World's Parts, The Treasure of Islam, Stamboul--and was also called the city on the seven Hills, and the city of the seven Towers as an adjunct to others. With the Mussulmans "it was besieged seven times and taken after seven weeks by the seventh of the Ottoman Sultans."

In the ideas of the Eastern peoples, the seven planetary spheres are represented by the seven rings worn by the women on seven parts of the body--the head, the neck, the hands, the feet, in the ears, in the nose, around the waist--and these seven rings or circles are presented to this time by the Eastern suitors to their brides; the beauty of the woman consisting in the Persian songs of seven charms.

Greece had seven sages.

The Christian Middle Ages had seven free arts: grammar, rhetoric, dialectics, arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy.

The Mahometan Sheikh-ul-Islam calls in for every important meeting seven "ulems." In the Middle Ages an oath had to be taken before seven witnesses and the one to whom it was administered was sprinkled seven times with blood. The processions around the temples went seven times and the devotees had to kneel seven times before uttering a vow. The Mahometan pilgrims turn round Kaaba seven times at their arrival. The sacred vessels were made of gold and silver purified seven times.

The localities of the old German tribunals were designated by seven trees, under which were placed seven "Schoffers" (judges) who required seven witnesses. The criminal was threatened with a seven-fold punishment and a seven-fold purification was required as a seven-fold reward was promised to the virtuous. There is great importance placed in the West on the seventh son of a seventh son.  

Legendary wars lasted seven years, seven months and seven days and the combatant heroes number seven, seventy, seven hundred, seven thousand and seventy thousand.  

The princesses in the fairy tales remained under a spell for seven years.  

The boots of the famous cat--the Marquis de Carabas--were seven leagued.

The ancients divided the human frame into seven parts; the head, the chest, the stomach, two hands and two feet and man's life was divided into seven periods. A baby begins teething in the seventh month; a child begins to sit after fourteen months (2 X 7); begins to walk after twenty-one months (3 X 7); to speak after twenty-eight months (4 X 7); stopped sucking after thirty-five months (5 X 7); at fourteen years (2 X 7) he or she begins to finally form; at twenty-one (3 X 7) they stop growing.

The average height of a person before humankind degenerated was seven feet; hence the old Western laws ordering the garden walls to be seven feet high.

One of the first books devoted entirely to snails was written in 1607 by Francesco Angelita of L'Aquila in Italy. Slow Food International Founder Carlo Petrini began to write about food and wine in 1977. Slow Food is a worldwide organization with 83,000 members who rally around the logo of a snail while savoring epicurean delights, enjoying fine food and wine tasting events, culinary classes and regional gourmet specialties. They support local organic farmers, artisan producers and vintners. Slow Food USA: http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ Slow Food International: http://www.slowfood.com/

The education of the youth began with the Spartans and the old Persians at the age of seven.

In Christian religions--with the Roman Catholics and the Greeks--the child is not held responsible for any crime until they are seven and it’s the proper age for them to go to confession.

If you gaze up in the eastern sky, you will see a small but conspicuous cluster of stars. This group of stars is the Pleiades, known as the seven sisters. There are six visible stars and others not visible. The Roman poet Hyginus said that the seventh sister was changed into a comet.

The North American Indians also wished for seven stars. The Iroquois of New York say that the stars are seven brothers, but that one fell back to Earth.

The number seven is significant to Hindus and in their old Shastras. Nowhere did the number seven play so prominent a part as with the Aryas in India. There were seven sages--the Sapta Rishis; the Sapta Loka--the seven worlds; the Sapta Pura--the seven holy cities; the Sapta Dvipa--the seven holy islands; the Sapta Samudra--the seven holy seas; the Sapta Parvatta--the seven holy mountains; the Sapta Arania--the seven deserts; the Sapta Vriksha--the seven sacred trees

A heptagon is a plane figure with seven sides and seven angles . Also called a septagon. Its Schläfli symbol  is {7}. The area of a regular heptagon of side length a is given by

Authorizations in the Unix Operating System offer all privilege granted by the number 777 --read write and execute.

Yet another reason the number seven is considered the most mystical of all numbers is because it’s the one number which cannot be divided evenly into the circle (360°).

There is a medieval designation of the national patron saints of England—also called the Seven Champions: Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Spain and Italy. In 1596 Richard Johnson published a book “The Famous History of the Seven Champions of Christendom”. In this he relates that St. George of England was imprisoned for seven years by the Almidor, the black king of Morocco; St. Denys of France lived seven years in the form of a hart; St. James of Spain was seven years dumb out of love for a fair Jewess; St. Anthony of Italy, with the other champions, was enchanted into a deep sleep in the Black Castle and was released by St. George's three sons, who quenched the seven lamps by water from the enchanted fountain; St. Andrew of Scotland delivered six ladies who had lived seven years under the form of white swans; St. Patrick of Ireland was immured in a cell where he scratched his grave with his own nails; St. David of Wales slept seven years in the enchanted garden of Ormandine and was redeemed by St. George.

In the African language of Yoruba, there are seven oral vowels.

In its earliest days Rome was ruled by a succession of seven kings. According to tradition these were Romulus (founder of the city), Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Martius, Tarquinius Priscus, Servius Tullius and Tarquinius Superbus.

The “Seven Lamps of Architecture” a book-length essay on architecture by John Ruskin, was published in 1849. According to Ruskin, the leading principles of architecture are the seven "lamps" of Sacrifice, Truth, Power, Beauty, Life, Memory and Obedience.

The seven liberal arts are a classification of the subjects comprising the educational curriculum in the West during the Middle Ages, from the late fifth century AD onwards. The name 'liberal arts' seems to originate with Aristotle who in the “Politics” talks of eleutherai epistemai, branches of knowledge worthy of free people, the basic knowledge needed for a properly educated citizen. They were divided into the trivium, namely grammar (i.e. literature), rhetoric and dialectic and the more advanced quadrivium, namely arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy.

Seven names of God. Among the many names the ancient Hebrews had for the deity, the seven names of God were those over which the scribes had to take particular care, the names being: El, Elohim, Adonai, Yhwh (Jehovah), Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyer, Shaddai and Zebaot.

Seven Sages are names given by Greek tradition to seven men of practical wisdom--statesmen, law-givers and philosophers of the seventh and sixth centuries BC. The list of seven sages is generally comprised of Solon of Athens, Thales of Miletus, Pittacus of Mitylene, Cleobulus of Rhodes, Chilon of Sparta, Bias of Priene and Periander of Corinth.

There are seven senses according to ancient teaching. The soul of humans or their "inward holy body" is compounded of seven properties which are under the influence of the seven planets. Fire animates, earth gives the sense of feeling, water gives speech, air gives taste, mist gives sight, flowers give hearing, the south wind gives smelling. The seven senses are animation, feeling, speech, taste, sight, hearing and smelling.

Call 707.259.6777 to arrange a tour at Mario Andretti’s Winery in Napa, California. The seven wine barrels pictured to the left are stored at Antinori Winery’s prized Tenuta Tignanello In Tuscany, Italy which produces Tignanello and Solaia wines.

Seven wise masters are also called the seven viziers. There’s the story of the Seven Sages or Sinbadnameh, "The Book of Sindbad" which is a cycle of stories, presumably Indian in origin, that made its way through Middle Persian and Arabic into Western lore. The primary plot involves an Asian king who entrusts the education of his son to a wise tutor named Sindbad (not to be confused with the sailor of “The Thousand and One Nights”). During seven days when the prince was ordered by Sindbad to maintain silence, his stepmother tried to seduce him. Having failed, she tried to accuse the prince before the king and sought to have him killed by telling seven stories. Each of her narratives were refuted by seven sages, who in turn told tales of the craft of women. The prince's lips were at last unsealed and the truth made known. The oldest surviving text of the story is in classical Arabic.

G7, Group of Seven, is the international organization officially established in 1985 to facilitate economic cooperation among the world's largest industrial nations. Summit meetings of the member nations began in 1975. Members are Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and the United States. The G7 discusses and coordinates its members' actions on economic and commercial matters and works to aid the economies of other nations. The leaders of the G7 nations meet annually in member countries. The Group of Eight (G8), which consists of the G7 nations plus Russia, was officially established in 1998, although Russia began participating in some G7 meetings earlier in the 1990’s. G7 nations continue to meet without Russia on certain issues. Emerging nations had long complained that their interests were not addressed during the G7 meetings; these concerns resulted in the first meeting (1999) of the newly formed Group of 20 (G20), with the G7 nations plus Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, the European Union, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey.

In London’s Underground there is a stop named Seven Sisters tube located on Seven Sisters Road.

Seventh Heaven. The Muhammadan Seventh Heaven, is said to be "beyond the power of description." In the Islamic graded concept of heaven, which also prevailed among the Jews, one goes after death to the heaven he or she has earned on earth, and the Seventh Heaven, ruled by Abraham, is the ultimate one, a region of pure light lying above the other six--the Heaven of Heavens. Anyone in Seventh Heaven is thus in a state of celestial bliss, having the greatest possible pleasure.

Additional Biblical significance associated with the number Seven  

What is known as “The Seven Last Words” are the last utterance of Christ on the cross and those seven words are: "My God, why hast thou forsaken me?" ...recorded in Mark 15:34, and Matthew 27:46.

Matthew 18:21: Then Peter approaching asked him, "Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?"

Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.

That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants. (Other versions state 70 x 7 times or 490 to imply ad infinitum; the number 490 is used other times in the Bible to imply infinity).

Matthew 1:17: All the generations from Abraham unto David are fourteen (2x7) generations; and from David until the carrying away to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to Christ there were fourteen generations. 

The Number Seven has two fundamental meanings in Scripture: completeness, fullness or completion and to swear, to make an oath, to vow. Jesus said to "forgive seventy-seven" times. In other words, He is saying, "Keep on forgiving until you will be complete."

The Bible mentions a “seventh heaven”—a state of bliss.

The Hebrew verb for "to swear" means literally to come under the influence of seven things; thus, seven ewe lambs figure in the oath between Abraham and Abimelech at Beersheba (Genesis 21:28).

Old Testament Sevens

Proverb 6: Seven things the Lord hates: Pride - a proud look; Lying - a lying tongue; Murder - the shedding of innocent blood; Plotting evil - a heart that devises wicked imaginations; Haste - feet swift to do mischief; Gossip - a false witness; Discord / Condemnation - accusing of the brethren.  

Isaiah 41: Seven trees: Cedar, Shittah, Myrtle, Oil, Fir, Pine and Box trees.

Seven times Ezekiel says, “The hand of the Lord is upon me.”

Psalm 150: Seven Instruments of Praise: trumphet, harp, timbrel, dance, stringed instruments, organs and cymbals.  

Psalm 51: seven key steps to renewal: wash me, cleanse me, purge me, renew me, restore me, uphold me and deliver me.                                                            

New Testament Sevens  

Sevenfold unity of the Spirit: Ephesians 4
One body
One Spirit
One hope
One Lord
One faith
One baptism
One God

Add seven things to your faith: 2 Peter 1:6

Virtue
Knowledge
Temperance
Patience
Godliness
Brotherly and sisterly kindness
Charity —never fails from a pure heart

The number 777 is often chosen to represent God. Seven as the perfect number times three which equates to the Holy Trinity.

SEVEN and SPORTS

Most sports programs are steeped in numerical glory. Jerseys of famous players hang in locker rooms, sports stadiums and the famous ones are framed and replicas are made and sold to fans. Players become synonymous with their numbers. Certain player numbers are near-sacred like Michael Jordan’s 23. These player numbers are retired amid huge celebrations and entrusted to future generations for perpetuity.

The first time a sports team used numbers on jerseys was in 1907 (Reading, Pennsylvania Red Roses of the Atlantic Baseball League) Inspired by hockey’s and football’s use of uniform numbers, the Cleveland Indians became the first big league club to experiment with numbered uniforms when they took the field at League Park in Cleveland on 26 June 1916, donning large numerals on their left sleeves. Johnny Neves of the Northern League Fargo-Moorhead Twins wore uniform number “7” backwards on the back of his 1951 jersey. After all, his name spelled backwards is “seven.” Numerous athletes with the jersey number 7, when traded, required having the number seven as part of their contract. A high percentage of those players with a #7 jersey are quarterbacks, centers, forwards, team captains and/or leading scorers.

Athletes who are part of the #7 Fraternity

Football, Basketball and Baseball Players who have worn #7:

• 7 Mickey Charles Mantle, New York Yankees; aka The Mick, The Commerce Comet, or Muscles. Mantle helped the Yankees win seven World Championships. Hall of Famer. MVP three times.
• 7 John Elway, Denver Bronco’s QB
• 7 Joe Theismann, Washington Redskins QB and MVP 1983
• 7 Ken Dorsey San Francisco 49ers QB
• 7 Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason III, Cincinatti Bengals QB
• 77 Kwame Harris, San Francisco 49ers
• 7 Lamar Odom, Los Angeles Lakers
• 7 Vladimir Radmanovic, Seattle Supersonics
• 7 Rick Leach, University of Michigan
• 7 Jeff Francoeur, Atlanta Braves
• 7 Antawn Jamison, Golden State Warriors
• 7 Terrell Brandon, Milwaukee Bucks
• 7 Terrell Brandon, Minnesota Timberwolves
• 7 Lamdon Murray, Los Angeles Clippers
• 7 Michael Vick: Atlanta Falcons
• 7 Ben Roethlisberger: Pittsburgh Steelers
• 7 Craig Morton, Denver Broncos
• 7 Mickey Slaughter, Denver Broncos
• 7 Ernesto Natali “Ernie Bocci” Lombardi: Dodgers, Reds , Braves and Giants
• 77 Gheorghe “Big Ghitza" Muresan, Washington Bullets (Gheorghe and Manute Bol, are both 7’ 7” tall)
• 7 Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers QB
• 77 Marvel Smith, Pittsburgh Steelers
• 7 Kyle Boller, Baltimore Ravens QB
• 77 Orlando Brown, Baltimore Ravens
• 77 Elton Patterson, Cincinnati Bengals
• 77 Ross Verba, Cleveland Browns
• 7 Chad Stanley, Houston Texans
• 77 Todd Washington, Houston Texans
• 7 Michael Vick, Atlanta Falcons QB
• 7 Jason Baker, Carolina Panthers
• 77 Kris Jenkins, Carolina Panthers
• 77 Rodney Leisle, New Orleans Saints
• 77 Jeb Jerry, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• 7 Drew Henson, Dallas Cowboys QB
• 77 Torrin Tucker, Dallas Cowboys
• 77 Luke Petitgout, New York Giants
• 77 Artis Hicks, Philadelphia Eagles
• 77 Randy Thomas, Washington Redskins
• 77 Grant Williams, St. Louis Rams
• 77 Matt Willig, St. Louis Rams
• 77 Floyd Womack, Seattle Seahawks
• 7 Byron Lettwich, Jacksonville Jaguars QB
• 77 Mike Compton, Jacksonville Jaguars
• 7 Billy Volek, Tennessee Titans QB
• 77 Justin Hartwig, Tennessee Titans
• 7 J.P. Losman, Buffalo Bills QB
• 77 Tim Anderson, Buffalo Bills
• 7 A.J. Feeley, Miami Dolphins QB
• 77 Damion McIntosh, Miami Dolphins
• 77 Marko Cavka, New York Jets
• 7 Ben Graham, New York Jets
• 77 Dwayne Carswell, Denver Broncos
• 77 Willie Roaf, Kansas City Chiefs
• 77 Antajj Hawthorne, Oakland Raisers
• 77 Joe Wong, Oakland Raiders
• Yankees manager Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin, a.k.a. Alfred Manuel Pesano, "The Brat," "Billy the Kid,” wore jersey 7
• 7 Al Jefferson, Boston Celtics
• 7 Channing Frye, New York Nicks
• 7 Ronnie Price, Sacramento Kings
• 7 Lamar Odom, Los Angels Lakers
• 7 John Salmons, Philadelphia 76ers
• 7 Anthony Carter, Minnesota Timberwolves
• 7 Charles Smith, Portland Trailblazers
• 7 Rashard Lewis, Seattle Sonics
• 7 Ben Gordon, Chicago Bulls
• 7 Jermaine O’Neal, Indiana Pacers
• 7 Toni Kukoc, Milwaukee Bucks
• 7 DeSagana Diop, Dallas Mavericks
• 7 David Wesley, Houston Rockets
• 7 Fabricio Oberto, San Antonio Spurs
• 7 Primoz Brezec, Charlotte Bobcats
• 7 Mark Jones, Orlando Magic
• 7 Chucky Atkins, Washington Wizards
• 7 Michele Margaret Timms, Phoenix Mercury
• 7 Andrea Stinson, Detroit Shock
• 7 Jurgita Streimikyte, Indiana Fever
• 7 La’Keshia Frett, New York Liberty
• 7 Tina Thompson, Houston Comets Forward
• 7 Kamila Vodichkova, Phoenix Mercury Forward
• 7 Chantelle Anderson, an Antonio Stars
• 7 Francesca Zara, Seattle Storm (Born in Italy)
• 7 Joe Medwick, St. Louis Cardinals
• 7 Josh Towers, Toronto Blue Jays
• 7 Jermaine O’Neal, Indiana Pacers
• 7 Ken O’Brien, New York Jets
• 7 Leo “The Lip” Durocher, Played for New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers and wore #7 from 1929-1932.
• 7 Johnny Neves of the Northern League Fargo-Moorhead Twins
• 7 Hubert Mizell, Andrew Jackson High School Tigers, Jacksonville

In Boston sports, jersey #7 is the 4th most popular and among the following list there are three Hall of Famers and two retired numbers:

• 7 Dom Dimaggio, Boston Red Sox
  7 Trot Nixon, Boston Red Sox
• 7 Ed ‘Sombrero’ Romero, Boston Red Sox
• 7 Rick Burleson, Boston Red Sox
• 7 Mike Easler, Boston Red Sox
• 7 Tony Eason, New England Patriots
• 7 Drew Bledsoe, New England Patriots
• 7 Hugh Millen, New England Patriots QB
• 7 Michael Bishop, New England Patriots
• 7 Michael Bishop, Toronto Argonauts QB
• 7 Tiny Nate Archibald, Boston Celtics; Hall of Fame 1991
• 7 Ernie DiGregorio, Boston Celtics
• 7 Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins
• 7 & 77 Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins; Stanley Cup winner and NHL's all-time leading scorer

Soccer Players who wear #7 or #77:

• 7 Costas Vasiliadis, PAOK Thessaloniki – Greece
• 7 Adriano, Brazil
• 7 Ronaldo, Brazil
• 7 Mike Magee, Metrostars
• 7 Gianluca Pessotto, Juventus Italy
• 7 Gaetano D’Agostino, MessinaCalcio, Italy
• 7 Andriy Shevchenko, AC Milan
• 7 Angelo Di Livio, ACF Fiorentina
• 7 Daniele De Vezze, ACF Fiorentina
• 77 Gaetano Fontana, ACF Fiorentina
• 77 Gianni Guigou, ACF Fiorentina
• 7 Salvatore Masiello, U.S. Città di Palermo
• 77 Leandro Rinaudo, U.S. Città di Palermo
• 7 Damiano Zenoni, Udinese Calcio Italy
• 7 Roberto Chiappara, Treviso Italy
• 7 David Beckham, England
• 7 Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, Inter (Milano)
• 7 Manuel Belleri, Lazio, Rome
• 7 Edgar Alvarez, A.S. Roma
• 7 Gonzalez Blanco Raul, Real Madrid, Spain
• 7 Emanuele Ferraro, Ascoli Calcio
• 77 Vittorio Tosto, Cagliari Calcio
• 7 Mauro Esposito, A.C. Chiero Verona
• 7 Franco Semioli, Empoli F.C.
• 7 Manuel Belleri, Lazio
• 77 Ighi Vannucci, Lecce
• 7 Alfonso Camorani, Lecce
• 77 Marco Cassetti, Livorno
• 7 Marc Pfertzel, Livorno
• 77 Alessandro Grandoni, Parma
• 7 Luca Bucci, Parma
• 7 Andrea Gasbarrroni, Sampdoria Unione Calcio
• 77 Cristian Zenoni, Sampdoria Unione Calcio
• 7 Igor Tudor, A.C. Siena
• 7 Roberto Chiappara, Treviso Football Club

EuroBasket (Basketball) Players who wear #7:

• 7 Matteo Soragna – wore #7 for the Italian National Team which placed second to win the Silver medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
• 7 Luca Vitali wore #7 in the European Championships
• 7 Silvano LaSelva, LidoRose Roseto Basket
• 7 Ken Lacey, Virtus Bologna
• 7 Francesco Ferrara, Pepsi Caserta
• 7 Marco Cecchettin, Carife Ferrara
• 7 Jamal Robinson, Eurorida Scafati
• 7 Diego Banti, Argricola Gloria Montecatini
• 7 Matteo Soragna, Benetton
• 7 Giovanni Rugolo, Eurofiditalia
• 7 Daniele Valerio, Basket Livorno
• 7 Fabio Avanzini, Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia
• 7 Sani Becirovic, Climamio Bologna
• 7 Vladimir Boisa, Montepaschi Siena
• 7 Domenico Morena, Carpisa Napoli
• 7 Federico Carlotta, Sebastiani Rieti
• 7 David Young, Air Avellino
• 7 Shumpert Preston, Armani
• 7 Stewart Kebu, Cantu
• 7 David Hawkins, Lottamerica
• 7 Rolando Howell, Casti VA

Italian Pallavolo FIPAV (Volleyball) Players who wear #7:

• 7 Alessandro Trimarchi, RPA Perugia
• 7 Rodolfo Cavaliere, Itas Diatec Trentine
• 7 Alessandro Farina, Sisley Treviso
• 7 Maikel Cristobal Cardona, Bre Banca Lanutti Cunei
• 7 Leonell Marshall, Copra Piacenza
• 7 Dragan Travica, Daytona Volley Modena
• 7 Angel Dennis, Lube Banaca Marche Macerata
• 7 Michael Lasko, Marmi Lanza Verona
• 7 Alexandro Bogdan Olteanu, Teleunit Gioia del Colle

College Athletes who wear #7:

• 7 Ted Ginn, Ohio State Buckeyes
• 7 Bo Drake, Claremont Stags QB
• 77 William Wagner, Claremont Stags
• 7 Marcello Pantuliano, Stanford Water Polo
• 7 Justin McCullum, Stanford
• 77 David Long, Stanford
• 7 Thomas DeCoud, California Golden Bears
• 7 David Koral, UCLA QB
• 77 Kenneth Lombard, UCLA
• 7 Cary Harris, USC
• 77 Thomas Herring, USC
• 7 Grant Allison, Santa Clara Bronco’s Water Polo
• 7 Garrett Ozar, San Francisco Dons Baseball
• 7 Brandon McDonald, San Francisco Dons Soccer

Other Athletes Associated with #7:

• Lance Armstrong achieved seven Tour de France victories!
• 007 - Yaroslav Popovych, Discovery Channel team (USA), Tour de France
• 077 - Massimo Giunti, Fassa Bortolo (Italy), Tour de France
• 177 – Thomas Lövkvist (France) Tour de France

There are 106 Hockey players listed below who have worn #7 and eight who have worn #77:

Hockey Players who wore shirt/jersey # 7

http://www.azhockey.com/shirts/shirts07.html

Hockey Players who wore shirt/jersey #77

http://www.azhockey.com/shirts/shirts77.html

Number SEVEN translated into many languages:

Chinese character for 7:
Seofon Japanese for 7:

Hebrew: Sheva
Latin: Septem
Greek: Hepta
Italian: Sette
Sanskrit Sapta
Spanish: Siete
French: Sept
Swahili: Sabbah
German: Sieben
Old Saxon: Sebun
Old English:
Welch: Saith
Dutch: Zeven
Norwegian: Syv
Russian: Sem'
Japanese: Nanatsu
Old Japanese: Nana
Sino-Japanese: Shichi
Okinawan: Nanachi
Korean: Ilgop
Thai: Jet
Chinese: Chee
Tien-pao: Chat
Tien-chow: Shat
Sino-Vietnames: Thâ't
Farsi: Haft
Mandarin: Qi
Polish: Siedem
Czech: Sedm
Arabic: Sab' ah
Egyptian: Sab' a
Maltese: Sebgh (gh=a)
Masa: Sidia
Slovak: Sedem
Portuguese: Sete
Luxembourgeois:Siwen
Yiddish: Zibn
Swedish: Sju
Swiss: German Siebë
Gothic: Sibun
Catalan: Set
Limba: Tasontai
Tequistlatecan: Agaytsí
Irish: Seacht
Classic Greek: Heptá
Albanian: Shtatë
Lithuanian: Septynì
Kashmiri: Sat
Hindu-Urdu: Sa:t
Punjabi: Sat
Latvian: Septini
Bengali: Sat
Basque: Zazpi
Etruscan: Semph
Cherokee: Galiquo:gi
Eskimo-Aleut: Uluung

Braille is a system of touch reading for the sight-impaired. The 63 (7 x 9) possible characters have a systematic arrangement and are universally grouped in a table of seven lines. The number 7 and letter “G” in Braille are represented by:

There are seven defined codes in Morse code. 7 in Morse code:

Sette Angeli – Seven Angels Logo

“Seven Angels” in Italian is “Sette Angeli”. The Sette Angeli – Seven Angels logo was designed with seven angels, seven points on the gold crown, seven stars, 14 (2x7) red roses that two of the angels are holding, 14 leaves on the two olive wreaths for peace, 14 parts to the Roman woman of the Republic’s crown and seven words: Fede, Speranza, Carità, Amore, Pax Et Bonum. (Faith, Hope, Charity, Love, Peace and All Good—St. Francis of Assisi’s greeting). See if you can find more. There are also three of several items to represent the Holy Trinity. The international flags on the www.setteangeli.com and www.sevenangels.it home page number 49 (7x7).

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Vol. VII № 20 Source Notes and Credits
In Heaven with SEVEN & Seven Angels

The Number 7: http://richardphillips.org.uk/number/Num7.htm

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/list.html

Shakespeare’s Seven Ages of Man: http://shakespeare.about.com/library/faqs/blfaqsagesofman.htm

Lucky Number Seven: http://www.luckymojo.com/number7.html

Seven and Free Masonry: "Encyclopedia of Freemasonry ," by Albert G. Mackey. Two full pages are devoted to the number seven.

Statue of Liberty and the Seven Seas:

The Magical Number Seven: http://www.well.com/user/smalin/miller.html

The Bible and Seven: http://www.biblewheel.com/Topics/Seven.asp

Multiples of Seven: http://www.biblewheel.com/GR/GR_MultiplesOfSeven.asp

The Number Seven by H.P. Blavatsky - Theosophist, June, 1880: http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/NumberSeven.htm

Google Turns Seven: http://www.isedb.com/news/article/1254

Google’s 7th Birthday: 7 September 2005: http://google.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000893057750/

Google Turns 7 – Lucky Seven: http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/002488.html

George Costanza and Susan in “The Seven” – “Seinfeld Quotes”: http://rao.caltech.edu/seinquotes.html

“The Ultimate Number Goes to…” Seinfeld and Seven, SSPN by Jim Caple:

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/caple/030303.html

Seinfeld Quotes – “The Seven” – Son or daughter named Seven: http://homepage.eircom.net/~odyssey/Quotes/Popular/TV/Seinfeld.html

Magical Number Seven: http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Miller/

Seven – 7 – Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_(number)

Seven Sisters by Ed Greenwood in the “ Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons ”: http://www.answers.com/topic/the-seven-sisters

Robert F. Kennedy, Sr. – Seventh child: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation: http://www.rfkmemorial.org/lifevision/biography/

Yvonne Craig and “Seven Sisters from Hell”: “From Ballet to the Batcave and Beyond” by Yvonne Craig, page 77. Published by Kudu Press, 2000. ISBN 0967807565.

The Official Yvonne Craig web site: http://www.yvonnecraig.com/

Yvonne Craig film and t.v. credits: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/5733/craigcred.html

Yvonne Craig – Pop culture icon of the Sixties: http://www.cultsirens.com/craig/craig.htm

Don Adams and 7: “Get Smart” star Don Adams has seven children and the show was redone in 1996 with seven shows; in 1965-66 season it was one of seven hits: Get Smart web site by Carl Birkmeyer: http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/

Seven Sisters tube, Seven Sisters Road, London: http://www.londontown.com/LondonInformation/Underground_Stations/Seven_Sisters/34f3/

Harriet Beecher Stowe – brothers were ministers and Harriet Beecher Stowe Center located at 77 Forest Street:

http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/

Seven Seas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Seas

Slow Food USA: http://www.slowfoodusa.org/

Slow Food International – First book about snails written in 1607:: http://www.slowfood.com/

Cities Built on Seven Hills: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_claimed_to_be_built_on_seven_hills

Seven and St. Ives: "Mathematics in the Time of the Pharaohs," by R. J. Gillingham. MIT Press, 1972.

Mystical Number Seven: http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/m/mystical_number_seven.html

The Number Seven: http://towerwebproductions.com/alt-lib/seven.shtml

The Number Seven: Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Evans, 1989.

Joe Theismann’s No. 7 Safe for Now: http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/WAS/5332427

What’s in a Number? Jeff Francoeur 7: http://www.ajc.com/highschool/content/sports/braves/0905/14francoeur.html

By the Uniform Numbers: http://www.kusports.com/basketball/history/traditions/uniform_numbers.html

Baseball . A game of Numbers: http://www.all-baseball.com/archives/018489.html

Dressed to the Nines – Baseball Uniforms – Mickey Mantle 7:

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/exhibits/online_exhibits/dressed_to_the_nines/numbers.htm

A lot of History – Honor in a Number: http://www.sptimes.com/2002/07/21/news_pf/Columns/A_lot_of_history__hon.shtml

Player #7: http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Oakland_Oaks_(PCL)

Lance Armstrong Seven Victories: http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/cy/profiles/520.html

A to Z Encyclopedia of Ice Hockey - Jersey/Shirt Numbers : http://www.azhockey.com/shirts/shirts.html

A to Z Encyclopedia of Ice Hockey - Jersey/Shirt Numbers - Players who wore shirt/jersey # 7: http://www.azhockey.com/shirts/shirts07.html

Number 7 is the 4th most popular jersey number in Boston Sports history:

“Top Ten Uniform Numbers in Boston Sports History” by Jeff Guinee, FSN New England:

http://www.fsnnewengland.com/obstructed-uniform2.php

Seven Liberal Arts: The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, Howatson, 1989.

Seven Lamps of Architecture: Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, 1995.

Seven Kings of Rome: The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Howatson, 1989.

Seven Names of God; Seven Sages; Significance of Seven:

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Evans, 1989.

Seven Names of God; Seven Sages; Significance of Seven:

The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Howatson, 1989.

Seven Names of God; Seven Sages; Significance of Seven:

Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins. Hendrickson, 1987.

Seven Names of God: Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, Hendrickson, 1987.

Seven Rays on the Statue of Liberty – Seven Seas: http://www.nps.gov/stli/prod02.htm

Seven Rays, Seven Seas and Continents related to Statue of Liberty: http://www.manythings.org/reading/010702tia__t.htm

Sports Illustrated cover featuring Lance Armstrong – Seven time winner of the Tour de France:

LA 7 .it: http://www.la7.it/index.shtml

Calcio Sette: http://calcio.gonna.jp/menu05.html

Radio Studio Sette: http://www.radiostudiosette.com/

Sette Osteria: http://www.setteosteria.com/

Gruppo Sette: http://www.grupposette.com/home.htm

Tenuta Sette Ponti: (Tenuta Seven Bridges – Winery) : http://www.kobrandwine.com/prodbook/set001.html

Tenuta Sette Ponti: (Tenuta Seven Bridges – Winery) : http://www.wine.com/aboutwine/basics/winerydesc.asp?winid=4963

Lecce Sette: http://www.leccesette.it/

Fattore Sette: http://www.fattoresette.com/it/mission.html

7 Santi Hostel: http://www.eidinet.com/7santi/

Sette su Sette: http://www.business.tim.it/cgi-bin/timbizsvil/portal/ep/popup.do?programId=26092&channelId=-9198

Bologna Sette: http://www.bologna.chiesacattolica.it/bo7/

Editora 7 Leteras: http://www.7letras.com.br/

Caserta Sette: http://lnx.casertasette.com/

La Luna di Sette Gironi: http://www.castfvg.it/luna/fasi/luna07g.htm

7 Peccati: http://www.7peccati.com/

Sette Vite: http://settevite.splinder.com/

“Le Sette Regole per Avere Successo” (“The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”: http://www.unilibro.it/find_buy/product.asp?sku=11983986

Hotel 7 Bello: http://www.hotelsettebello.it/

“Sette Ore di Guai” with Totò De Pasquale: http://www.antoniodecurtis.com/7ore.htm

Coro Sette Laghi di Varese: http://www.corosettelaghi.it/

7 Zip: http://www.7-zip.org/

BBC 7: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/

7 – 11 home: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/

Landsat 7: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/

7 UP: http://www.7up.com/

FOX 7: http://www.fox7.com/

Seven Wonders: http://www.penncen.com/7wonders/7wonders.html

Roxio Toast 7: http://www.roxio.com/en/products/toast7/index.jhtml

Kiro 7 tv: http://www.kirotv.com/index.html

Seven Springs Mountain Resort: http://www.7springs.com/

Comet 7: http://www.comet7.com/

Evolution 7: http://www.evolution7.com.au/

WXYZ 7 : http://www.wxyztv.com/

ABC 7 News WJLA: http://www.wjla.com/weather/

7 Sisters Productions: http://www.7sisters.com/

G7: http://www.g7info.com/noflash/

7 News Boston: http://www1.whdh.com/

Denver 7 ABC News: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/index.html

KTVB 7: http://www.ktvb.com/news/

Biancaneve e I Sette Nani (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves): http://www.taote.it/newcine/disney/biancanevef.htm

Seven Seas Navigator by Radisson: